Sue Atkins, 48, is athe Uk’s leading parent coach and runs her own business, Positive Parents=Confident Kids. Sue is married, with two children, Will age 16 and Molly, 14. She lives in Lingfield, Surrey.
Sue says, Sue says, ” I was working as a Deputy Head, after 22 years in teaching when both my parents began to have serious illnesses, and I needed to take time out to look after them. When they died in the same year it was traumatic, and made me look more closely at my own life. There …

Name of Business: mylifesupport
Your Name and Age: Anna Martin – 44
 Tell us about your family: I’m divorced and share custody of my two sons – Alexei is 12 and Remy is 16. I currently live in West Sussex but may be moving again later in the year.
What did you do before coming up with your business idea and how was it making the transition? I was/am a freelance journalist (20 plus years experience) but during a difficult period of my life I decided to retrain as a Life Coach. However, because …

In April, I reviewed Starting and Running a Coaching Business: The Complete Guide to Setting Up and Managing a Coaching Practice which proved to be one of the most popular articles I have written on this site. If you checked out the book, you’ll be delighted to hear about how author Aryanne Oade  got started as a life coach.
Name of Business: Oade Associates
Your Name and Age: My name is Aryanne Oade and I am 42 years old.
Tell us about yourself: I live and work from my farm just outside a small …

Coaching helps you get even more out of your life. It saves you time and helps you make even better decisions and enables you to take action by tackling those things which are holding you back. People may use a coach when they are going through change. A new role, relationship or looking for something different but don’t know what it is and therefore how to get it.
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Life coaching helped me move from employment to running my own business. You can use coaching to help with any aspect of your life, from developing your skills as a parent to improving your health, fitness and satisfaction with life. This is why the next week is themed on coaching.
Watch out for some fantastic tips from Life Coaches, as well as profiles of sucessful coaches. On Friday there is a great giveaway too with FREE coaching sessions and books.